The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-05-13

Win tiS iutSiSSto vi tnSSc wealthy
organizations, should be crushed a
one fell blow. There are two side.
10 the question OF insurance, and The
Journal hopes there is good sense
enough left in the Legislature not &c
enact laws which will destroy one Of
the fundamental principles Of oul
national constitution, viz: the right
of personal liberty of action"
New York Tribune: Temperance
reform will come in when the Demo
Gratis 60 out.
LOCAL OPTION DID IT:-Fifty years
ago Atkinson, N. II. abolished the erog
shop, and for the last ten years not a
cent has been paid out for pauper
support.
Scribner's Magazine for May ope Ms
with an article on ."Phe Development!
of the Steamship" by Commapdcr F.
Z. Chadwick, of the Navy, in
which he traces The rise and pro
gerss Of steam navigation, and de
scribes the developments in naval ar
chitecture from the early effects Of
Fulton down 70 The m'gYifcen. ocean
steamers Of the present day The
general contents OF the migczine are
OF high order ami general excellence
rne New York rribun. says OF the
inter state commerce law. The he,
result is an at that will have 10 he
set aside continually, and will never
theless do ihinile mischief through
the clear inchpecily OF any commission
on earth 10 keep peace with daily
charges in th f.cIs of commerce.
No1ony can guess what rates will be
from week 10 week. because no one
can guess what day the groanin, and
half buried commission will &c. held
Of complaint with afiidavi,s from
this or that company.
The May Atlantic is "a sppeIb
number and contains dozen
articles worth the price Of the book.
For instance, Sarah Jewett contrib
u.,s story. The Counting Of Sister
Wish )" A A Hayes writes of the re
la,ions between China and United
States. J l. lior Cabot gives A
Glimpse of Emerson Boyhood. L
3. Aldnch contributes the most pre-
ten,i"us POE m he has published in a
long time, entitled The Last Caesar.
Holmes continues his Hundred Days
in Europe. What more would you
have? The Atlantic is published by
Houghton, Mifiiln &. Co., Boston.
Dispatches from Mexico state that
two Of the famous bonanza mines, all
traces of which were lost more than a
century ago, have recently been found
by party of American prOspectOrs,
among them Lieutenant Ripper and
two Illinoisans.
The condition of winter wheat in
Ohio. Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, and
Kansas has improved during the past
week, although in some sections the
need of rain is still urgent. Spring
nesota, and Nebraska.
A young fellow named Armour, who
says he is nephew Of Phil Armour,
has made q rather peculiar deal in
-four in st. Louis. He purchased about
$50, 900 worth on credit from various
millers and sold it out under cost. He
is being Swallowed by detectives.
Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland sister
of the President, has returned to her
old vocation of teaching, and will be
connected with one of the most fash
ionable young ladies' seminaries in
New York, that of Mrs. Sylvanus
Reed, No. East Fifty-third street.
About three hundred persons at
tended the banquet of the Americas
Republican club OF Pittsburg, given
to commemorate the sixty-fifth birth
day Of General Grant. Colonel Fred
ID. Grant was among the number. The
chief orator was Governor Foraker, of
Ohio.
About 1900 employees of Cincinnati
shoe factories have been "locked out"
owing to disagreement about wages.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art at
New York has received valuable
acquisition in Meissonier's painting,
.'1S07," just presented by Judge
Hilton.
A railroad war Is predicted from the
refusal of the Pennsylvania road to
sell tickets to the accredited agents of
the western lines. 1t is said that the
latter will retaliate by legal proceed
ings to compel the trunk lines to show
cause why they should not furnish
tickets.
The supply of all kinds of grain in
sight in this country was decreased
last week 2,517, 1903 bushels. In wheat
the decrease amounted to 1884, 147
bushels, and in corn to 566, 147 bushels.
The visible supply Of wheat last Satur-
day was AZ ,3l3,476 bushels, and of corn
IL, $50 800 bushels.
The Galveston Ne,os declares that
unless rain comes within six or eight
days the corn crop of Texas will be
very much of failure, while the cot
ton prospects are very bad. by reason
of the prolonged drouth. sJobbing
houses are withdrawing their sales
men from the dry district. pending
solution Of the rainfall problem"
.Mre. Carter ii. Harrison, wife of the
late Mavor of Chicago died SATURDAY.